Few people have left a greater mark on McDonald’s than public relations legend Al Golin who passed away over the weekend at the age of 87. A cold call from Al to McDonald’s Founder Ray Kroc in 1957 began a 60-year relationship between McDonald’s and Al’s namesake public relations agency. » Read More

McDonald’s USA today announced that by mid-2018, it will serve fresh beef, prepared when ordered, in all Quarter Pounder burgers across the majority of its restaurants. The fresh beef burgers, cooked right when ordered, are the latest step the company has made to meet customers’ changing expectations. All McDonald’s burgers use 100 percent pure beef with absolutely no fillers, additives or preservatives.
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McDonald’s today unveiled its long-term global growth plan during the Company’s Investor Day event in downtown Chicago. President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook and members of the senior management team presented the plan, its financial targets and outlined the initiatives to unlock meaningful growth and increase guest counts. » Read More

McDonald’s Corporation today announced that it has signed a share sale and purchase agreement and agreed on the Master Franchise Agreement with Guy Hands. Mr. Hands will become the Development Licensee (DL) for the Nordic markets. » Read More

McDonald's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.94 per share of common stock payable on March 15, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 1, 2017.
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McDonald’s restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area are currently testing a new menu item: the McDonald’s Crab Sandwich. Made with Snow Crab meat on a sliced sourdough bun, this local favorite is being served in four restaurants in San Jose.
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McDonald’s Corporation broke ground today on its new corporate headquarters in Chicago’s West Loop joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and local community leaders. Scheduled to open in spring of 2018, the nine-story building will house McDonald’s corporate headquarters offices and Hamburger University, one of seven worldwide locations that provides a state-of-the-art learning center for the company’s future leaders and employees. » Read More

Like many young students in Orland Park, Ill., Laurie Cepkauskas collected pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House in town. And like her peers, she didn’t do it because she knew exactly what the charity was doing, but because that’s just what students did. » Read More

J’son and Ja’Kerria are among four pairs of children who formed friendships or shared similar experiences at a Ronald McDonald’s House®, and who have been selected by McDonald's to participate in the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games on August 5. McDonald's Corporation is the founding mission partner of Ronald McDonald House Charities® (RMHC®), and McDonald’s invited RMHC alumni children to Rio de Janeiro for the upcoming Olympic Games. » Read More